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_ t~te __ 'ja M Al JAMES & SONS, Publishers. $1.50 a year in advance. BO M LE, ONTARIO, CANDATIUR8DAY1l OCTOBER 16 1919, VOLUME., N.4 C-.oats -and Suits That Radiate S martn.ess S b tformenly was flic general opinion -that- if a Coat or Suit was warm and cozy and com- fortabie lb couidn't aiso be smart. We have changed that, liowever Our Coats'and Suits give tbc maximum of comforb yeb thcy bave that chic, iovely style. Tbey are beautifuily made, the colorings are delighbful and they have a youthful air that makes a tremendous appeal to every woman. If you want a Coat or Suit of higli quality, that are bobli practical and handsomc, ours arc bhc ones yon need. Men's Suits- and Overcoats Why not get thc funil season's use ont of what you are going to buy sooner or later ? Corne lu today and let us measure yon for a Suit or Ovèeoat. You'll find our 'styles bbe latest and beit values in town. 2 p 1< Bowmanville Phone 104 Limited. Your Opportunity To1 Purchase- Really Up-To-Date Furniture Of. -Dependabie Quality Is Right, Now Having bouglit thousands of dollars worth of goods last Mardi and April, wben wc, learu- cd that prices would be goiug sky higli a littie later, whieb tlîey did, we are now lu a position to ofler gosat 507. below Factory prices of today. These goods, bouglit last spring and ea-.rly summer, are arniving daily, and more to corne, our stores are full, as well as our ware'iouses, and the people of -Durham may have, the benefit. OrDistinctive Dining Room Furniture ouly requires to be seen for yoti to approciae whabt we say. 'Wehave thcm lu Fumed, Golden, or English Brown or Waluut flishes. -, Our Bed Ro em Furniture iucludes Dressers and Stands, Chifloniers, Dressing Tables, lu woods from Elm to Solid.Walnut, aiso Bedsteads'lu Wood, rou or Brass, ail sizes and pnices, Mattresffes, Springs, Pillows, Cribs, etc. Den and Library Furnitýjre to meet every nequirement. Chesterfields, Davenports, Couches, Parlor Suites, Easy Chairs, of Iligli grade coinstruction and best qualîty of material, a, orkmaanship an finishl, Hall Furaiture-Sets Mirrors, Stands, Oak or Walnut. Kibelien Cabinets by a-il tlic best kuownvr makers. Kitchenc Chairs from $7.50 a set of 6 up. Kitchen Tables wiflb drawcr from $5.757 up. Ail kinds of Chairs to) meet every nàecc. Wcil desigued and moderately pniced. SOME ONTARIO EXPENDITUR. A Few Questions For Mr. J. H. Devitt: When John n. Devitt appearerl before a Bowmanville audience lai week for the flist time since his el ection five years ago to give an account' his stewardship and explain to the electors what hie had dons for the $1,4C a year, or $10,600 for 1-4 years receivel for his services, lie onlv decIared i past support of temiperance measures and lef t the electors to find out as the can how lavishly the Ontario Legisiature bas been spending public manies. We are indebtedl to The Farmers' Sun for somne information about hoN thie provincial expendituires have soared of late years, ana Mr. Devitt neve told the electors a word about it or explained'why it is necessary to mal sucb tremendous increases. 1HL owes it to the electors to explain why s, maich nmure moneý lias been spet than formerly.- Will Mr. Devitt tell h1s constituents why the Provincial expenditur for 1918 was considerably over double what it was in 1913, five years beforE Lt was six times aboya the figure for 1900. Lt was nearly seven times wha it was iu 1895, only 23 years before. What bas Ontario got in returns fo sncb a tremendous increase ini expenditure? Publie accounits show that the cost of clvil government increaseý from $344,006,28 in 19041 to $1,0a,368.04 in 1918. Will Mr. Devitt tell th( electors, why the cost of omflcials located for the most part in the Parliameri Buildings, and contingencies incurred by tbem, bas trebled in fourtees years? The coks of legisiation baL)s gone up by over $76,000. And sa it is al the way through-expeniditure lias gone up by leaps and bouinds in ail lines and.L the why and wherefore sbould be made clear toriis coustituents. Whai is a pariamientary represeitlative for if nioLt meet the people of Weîi Durham and explain every sessou'slegsation karc! expenditures, isLbie flot the ieast tbing Mr. Devitt sboeuld do*, - While people ail over Cnad have beeni implore-d to save and ServE and have given willing. service for bielping to win the war aud to send coin. forts to our boys overseas, miembers of the Hearst Cabinet have enjoyed fat salaries. Iu 1904 the Prei er rece ived $7000 and eacli Cabinet menber $4000. Lu 1918 Premier Hearst received $12000 and seven Cabinet members $600( each. Did Mr. Devitt support thiese big increases and if sa whyP Anohli matter needs conviucinýg expianAion to the people of West, Durham, toc, namely, why bas the ýost, of the departments presided over by these mini. sters advanced. even fa.ster thLan ministerlal salaries?' Remember that it is the samne Province thiat it was in 1904, wby the necessity then fer suc] phienominal increabe iiu expendfitures?'. But the salaries are; not t.Ie(-bîggest expýendcîtture of the peopl'e's money. For misance, the accounmtsý shows thbat the other expenses of the Attorney Generai's Departmen, h,,Lave miore than doubled. Iu most of the other De- partmnents the jumip has been vastly greater, the cust of the Departmeut of Public Works being mnore than six tinmes wbat it waýs.in 1904. Have these increases been justilied, Mrt. Devitt. If so expiain wby. 1Premier Hearst is a very nice man. young and energetie, but lie is re, ce3iving $12,000 a year now for bis services wbile'lu 1904 bis predecessor re- ceived only $7,000 and filled two offices-Premier and Provincial Treasurer. Now Hon. T. W. McGarry teceives $6,000 as Treasurer and the Premier $5,000 more than Sir James Whitney received-$l1,000 increase. Again, we ask Mr. J. H. Devitt if theýse increases are justified and if lie voted for then and wby P These are ouly a few things of the hundreds that cail for ex- planation by our Provincial miember. Here is another department inu whicbl mauy of Our readers in Durban contpatclryaekelinestd The Sun dfirects attentlion to the Department of Agiculture and Sir William H1-earst stated lu his Bowman- ville speech that "Honest John Devitt" hiad beenîibelWfui to tbem lu mnatters of agricultural interesis. The expenditure of that Departmsint ou, salaries and expens,,es of officriaisloae in the o~iaetBidns totalied a little over $42,000 in But iu 19041 O. C. Jamies, then D)epuityMhiister of Agriculture, receivec a salary of $2,600 a ye-ar. Iu 1918 W. B. Rýoadhouse wajs Deputy Minister ai a salary of $8,450, C. F. Bailey, Assistant Deputy at,$8,000, G. C. Creelman was Commissioner of Agriculture at $1,700, and J. R. Miller was Assistant Commissioner of AgricultLure at $2,500. That is an illustration of the way lu whicb officiais have beer multiplied and salaries have been irncreased lu the Departmeut farmers knolN best. And it is surely not impertinence to ask Mr Devitt why lie hasu't ex- plained to bis cduiitituents wliat the farmers are getting now -more than they got in 1904 for these tremeudous increases P Lt is an illustration of the manner lu which salaries have been iucreased and officials miultiplied lu all Departments. We may ask Mr. Devitt to explain somsthing specific about two other Departmeuts that seems to nesd explanation. The Provincial Secretary, Hon, W. D. McPhei4son, and Provincial Treasurer, Hou T. W. McGarry, each receive $000 salary but their respective departmsunts have cost-for running expenses enormously more than lu 190 4. Secretary's departmnent b~as iucreased from $78.572 51 to S201514.87-nparly tlhrFp tirnes. Treasurer's, department from $82884 78 to $l16,71207-over thiree times as much. How in the namne of economy ud progress, Mr. Devitt, eau you justify these in- creases iu two purely elerical departmnentsP And yet you offer the eleetors pot one word of expflanation about theïse greatly lïncreased departmentaî expenditures in your address to tbem. If you had a man represeuting you, Mr. Devitt, lu some flinaucial enterprise and the expeuditures had iucreased three-fold lu a few years for clerical or office management WOUlCD'tYOU expeet that man to offer to you Somnejustification for spendiug so muicli more of th.e conceru's mioney5 You have been our representative lui the Ontario Legisiature for some 14 years or so, durîng which period most of thiese increases have taken plac,, Why have you not considered it your duty to explalu the reasous to your couistîtuents? -Mr. J ohn Henry Devitt is a farmner. What bas hie doue for, agricul- ture? Bas lie met the farmers of West Durham ln conference over any measures before the LegisiIature? Bas lie reported bis action to them u farmi questions that have received attention iu the House? 'If not, lie is a represeutative who represents not the farmers. IBowmanville is the only town lu bis coustituency and lie bias neyer during bis iast parliaiaentary term beid a me t t discuss public questions Ithat intere-st businesmn, manufacturers or the working classes. So we may very properiy ask wbat lias lie doue to saru the $1,400 indemuity lie has reeeived every year of said termi? Mr. Devitt comes.before us askinig for the votes Of the people once more that lie may have another 4 or 5 years lu office as representative of West Durham. Why bas hie not shown the electors of this old banner rid- ing, bis record of activity for past years that they may know on what grounds lie again seeks their suffrage. This is the right way and only fair way to treat bis coustitueuts. We ask, Wbat bas Mr. Jevitt doue to menit our support for anothar termi? How do farmers feel towards the Hearst Goverument P Lt spent last year $81,841.43 in the agricilltural department but farmers do not seemn to he satisfied with what bas been doue for agriculture. L'f tbey do why bave they selected saime, 65 ta 70 United Farmer candidates many of them to un againist Goverument candidates? As the Belleville Ontario says the Goveru. muent views this moveiueat witli dismay and consternation. Goveruiment orators aud the goveruimeut press bave been severeiy critical of tlie U. F. O. ii.ovement and seem f0o regard1 it as a piece of gross presuimption as wvell as of base ingratitude. The Hearst goverument is represented by Hon. George Hnr -Ad 5! FACTS FOR THE. ELE CTORS T1e following editorials pertaining to the coming Provincial Electionl set forth in no uncertain mariner as toaflic stand of the LTeaders_ and can.diaes on the ,st Temperance question, Vote for J. H. Devîtt wbo lias always and is supporîing of, prohibition which means support for Premier Hearst the leader of Prohibition, [00 lis 137 Editorial from l'The Christian GuardI July 2Ind, 1919. )W The Ontario Liberal Convention, which met lu Toronto last week, was er watched with more than ordinary inferesf, as ifs course will no doubit have more o 1r Le less effeet upon the Dominion convention, wbicl is 5to assemble in Augusf; and it 80was a maffer of speculation-wliether- fthe LiheraLparty-as- noow-being -reeonmt{u{ed would include flie Liberals who had voted for Union Goverumaent, or wbctlicr if re wouldi follow the peculiar brand of Liberalism wbich is represenfed by The States- 'e man. And if was a question what attitude Ontario Liberals wonld take foward thie * f question of prohibition, For many vears under Sir Oliver Mowat, Mr. Hardy and r G. W. Ross, the Liberal party lu this province declrred ifs-lf fo be in favor of prohibition; and later, when Mr. Roweli became leader, lic staked fls political existence upon the abolition of the bar; a-d Mr. Proudfoot, bis successor, is an davowed friend of prohibition. And s0 liquor men and femaperance men alike were .l arixicus to see how the officiai Liberals lu Ontario would lins up. nt Weil, flie convention is over, and we know now stwbere fthe partty stands. The platform as adopted contains manyv admirable planks, snch as changes lu flic Ssehool curriculum, a sysftem- of rural credits, pensions lor widows, proper restric- t ions upon marrI~g of diseased persans, approval of progressive temperance legisiation, a miniîpm wage, recognition of collective bargaining, and the abolition of fie Senate, 0 f course the declarationI of Ontario Liberals ripes not bind Dominion Liberals, and it lias yst f0 be seen how far the Dominion convention will endorse fl ilatfform-of thle- provincial convention. But as far as tli. pro- re vincial convention wenf ifs platform will commend itself, we fhink, to very Maily. But whsn àt came to, choose a leader, itf1¶xe upon Mr. H.LH.IL ewart, 1k. C. ).who lias the misfortuns f0 lie regarded gensrally as the chief represeritative of the 'liquor interest in tlie Ontario Legislature, 1His electiont in 191b was understood to rbe a triumph for the IiqLtor party, and even the Globe wouid not endorse is ,candidature. And now, wlien Ontario i,3 frcing a referendum vote and the en- 1thusiastie support of the Liberal leader would mean much to the cause, there is no one, so far as we know, wio 's so foolish as to counit Mr. Hartlev Dewr as a 11 fricnd to prohibition. SoD far a we k-now, lis influence will be ail against us. His lerdership of thri Liberal party will no doubt assure that Party the support of the lîquor Înteresfs- and their frien&, 'but', if: wiî1make if impot-ssible for many a loyal Liberal f0 vote bis parfy ticket. Eveýn if the local candidate be a prohibiionist, ythe ftacthat Mr- Dewart is the iarty leaider will make if impossible for mrany mlen and women f0 support hlm. Unless w7e are greatl mistaken twoý-fhirds, or per- ýf baps tliree-fourtbs of the Liherals lu Ib!is province are in favor of prohlibition, and tli!ey will refuse fo follo-ýw a leader wýho g-ives an uoÇerfIi sound upon this greaf issue. - Ediorialfrom "lThe Toronto Daily Star" (Liberal) October 7, 1919. r MIGHT AS WELL FACE THE FACTS. e Wlien a contempory was asked by a reader wbat course sbould lie followed lui the present Ontario elections by aI prohibitionist, who is a liberal, the reply -which was made fa the inquiry was that such a voter fulflled bis obligation ta bis Prohibition pninciples bvj voting lu bis own riding for the candidate who is bîmself an advocrte of Prohibition, This advice, however, does not adequately cover the ground. Tt does nof, efor instance, meet the case of the voter who bas f0 choose between two candidates, or even flirce, who ail advocate Prohibition1. Nor doesthe suggestion meet flie needs of tbe case in a more important respect. Tbe fact is tbat tlie elector, lu casting bis ballot, bias f0 make tliree choices: He lias f0 choose befween two candidates, fwo parties, and two aspirants for the position cf Prime Minister of tue Province. The voter wbo believes in P:.obibit ion, and is determined flirt no acf of bis shial contribut.e towards thle undoing of tbe progress flic cause of temperance lias i made, bas f0 decide whetlier, of these flirce choîces, the third and last one is not treally the most important of the three. If everything were as if onglit fa be, it would probably be sufficient if flic 1advocatcs ofPrhbto made certain that a mnjorify of the members of the next Legislaf une were on record as advocrfes of Probibition. But wbile flic fbeory is flirt we are ruled by a Legislature, tflicrt is flirt if is the Government wbieh rules,, and practically speaking, as our parliamentary systsm works ouf, the Prime Minister dominates. Hee I S tbe Government. Lt was not flic electsd candidates wbo sat in the Legislature-tlie great ma- jarity of wbom lird.been elecfcd fo support avowed opponients of the abolition of tlie bar; if was nof flic Cabinetl most o(flihe members of whicb lird sfumped the country against flic abolition of flic bar; if was one man, the Premier, Sir William Heartwbo, bec îuse of bis stnong personal convictions, and using the influence and authorif y bis position gave him, put flhe Ontario Temperance Acf int o effeet in flie Province, and created flic situation flirt now enables flie people té ma&c LeProhibition permanent, The elector, thenefone, does nof bave f0 choose on'lv befwcen rival candidates ln bis own consfituency. Ln casting bis vote lie bas f0, make a choice lu a langer field, befween rival candidates for flic Prime Minisfsrship of flie Province., As mnaffers stand, if appears to us fthaflic advocate of Prohibition sbould regard this as, by long odds, f lic mosf important choice which he bas to miake. If flic eleef ors vote for part v regardlcss of flie interesf of Prohibition, tliey cru scarcely complain if some day in flic Legisîrture thec men they eleef do flic samie, flirt is, support party inîtcad of Prohibition. Sir William H-1eanst bas incurred bittfer cuifies wifhin bis own prrty by bis advanced stand on Prohibition. 1le is flic Prohibitionist leader of a poiftical part y flirt had no intention of producing sucli à leader, Mn. Hrrtley Dswrnt, bis rival for flic Pnemiensliip, is flot an advocafe of Prohibition, and nof likely to serve ifs inferests, excepf 50 far as necessity compels hlma fo do so.' Befween flic two fliere is, in our opinion, no roomn for choice on flic part of fliose wbo agres wif b us in fhinking fthaflice Prohibition issue is by fanrflic greafesf one now before fli cIectors of Ontario. If flic people believe lu Prohibition fliey should stand by flic man wlio gave if to tbem; fbey should raily foaflic mari who is being assaiied for baving given if fo fliem; fbey sbould support for flic Pre niership flic man wliosc sineere conviction on this question gurrante bis sfeadfast adhenence f0 Prohibition affer flic people bave declared for if at flic poilis on flic 20tl i istant. >If Prohibition is f0 le a succecss if is not only necessany f0 carry flic referen- dum. lIf is equally necessarv to carry flic Premiensbip. .Affer reading tlicaliove ediforials if is bard fo conecive liow any conscien- fions temperance supporter could do otlierwise flimn vote for JI, H. Devitt, wbose Leader bas fbrown bis wliole polifical erreer on flic Temperance question. How To Vote iVES No CouhJohnston & Crydermnan, L.Morris & Soni Furniture and Undertakers Phone 10 Bowmanville il-